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Great ratings for the show. Why did it end?

posted 9 years ago by bps62
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I have a book "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present"that lists yearly rating for shows. This show was # 3 year one, # 2 year two, # 10 year three, # 3 year four and in it's final season it was the # 2 ranked show for the year. Normally with ratings that high a show doesn't end. Maybe they just ran out of story ideas or Jim Nabors felt he was done?

[–] BiffGG 9 years ago

Nabors informed CBS that five years was enough. The fifth season was noticeably weaker than the first four. If there was a sixth I think the ratings would have fallen off quite a bit. It probably would have not gotten past a sixth as at that point CBS did its infamous rural purge.